it s not just the left. that it s sort of left of center, left of left, and more centrist and moderate democrats. harris: so a left lurch. but he still democratic socialist. noelle? yes, you know what caused mark when tom perez was on he was saying his party s not the party of socialism. they just want results. he was talking about all that. but i ve got to tell you, whether he likes it or not, harris, the dnc are going to be branded with socialism. because the main people that are coming out, the main legislators that are getting a lot of air time and getting a lot of hype are the people that are touting socialism. aoc. you ve got a lot of the freshman congresswoman who is breaking out with green new deal and everything else. so whether perez, the head of the dnc, comes out and says it s not the party of socialism, it is being branded the party of socialism. harris: so what do you do if you are joe biden, leslie marshall?
republican party much whiter and more male on the congressional side because she was the only black woman republican in the house. of course, they re still counting ballots. exactly. we don t know what s going to happen. last i saw she was slightly ahead. we don t know. let s go to chris cuomo in the election center. all right, jake, what a difference a week makes. since election night, the story of the 2018 midterms has changed. it s only gotten better for democrats apparently, at least to this point. they re still counting votes. the way it s trending right now, it s better than expected. in the last week, they ve increased their majority in the house and reduced the situation in the senate. but there are questions about where they go from here and who better to talk to about that than democratic national committee chair tom perez. good to see you, tom. always good to be with you, chris. what a difference a week makes. who thought that you d still be counting votes and th
it was a very different republican matter 2014 than it is now. it s tough to be a black republican in the era of trump and certainly tough to be a black republican in utah in a trump era and a woman. so if she loses, you ve got the democratic party the republican party much whiter and more male on the congressional side because she was the only black woman republican in the house. of course, they re still counting ballots. exactly. we don t know what s going to happen. last i saw she was slightly ahead. we don t know. let s go to chris cuomo in the election center. all right, jake, what a difference a week makes. since election night the story of the 2018 midterms has changed. it s only gotten better for democrats apparently, at least to this point. they re still counting votes. the way it s trending right now, it s better than expected. in the last week, they ve increased their majority in the house and reduced the situation in the senate. but there are questions about where
for office. all of this feels regressive to me, just two years after a black president in the white house. a point i have to make. but the deeper question is whether the democratic party will commit resources these candidates will need to be successful in november. joining me now is democratic national committee chair tom perez. thank you for being with us, mr. chairman. it s always a pleasure to be with you, rev. now, about a month ago in atlanta black leadership summit of the dnc and people were concerned what a record number of black women run rearing record number of women running, where the democratic party would be in terms of its resources and dealt with it with you forthrightly and you came back very strongly saying we ll there, we re going to put the resour resources there. how, in this increased number of
were talking about the issues that were important to those voters. and in florida we re going to do the same thing. in georgia, in arizona, in my home state of maryland where we have a chance to make history there. all right. when we focus on all of these issues, on the issues that really bring prosperity to everyone, that s how we succeed as democrats. we have your back. i m going to have to hold it there, mr. chairman. thank you very much for coming on this labor day weekend. tom perez, chair of the dnc. pleasure. coming up, there s a new class called police brutality 101. how to survive the killing of an unarmed black man. i ll explain next. d black man. i ll explain next. (vo) when bandits stole the lockbox from the wells fargo stagecoach,